10 Game Changers for 10 Year ! : 09: Joining the Canadian Foodgrains Bank in hunger relief

Journal: Under the Sun: News from the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund

Journal: Under the Sun: News from the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund

Notes: Annual report issue.; One of ten short stories of PWRDF and partner projects.; "In 2007 PWRDF joined the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a group of church relief and development organizations whose collective goal is to end world hunger. When disaster strikes, we can leverage the dollars raised for emergency food relief by pooling our resources with other members in buying supplies such as rice, beans, cooking oil, salt and sorghum. Together we have made an impact in some of the world's worst disaster zones, including earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal, famine in South Sudan and most recently, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. For every dollar donated to PWRDF's equity in the Foodgrains Bank, Global Affairs Canada matches it four time. Now that's leverage ". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) - Grants; Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) - Canada; Canadian Foodgrains Bank; Hunger - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Food relief - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Disaster relief - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada